Either of the HPs would be fine (as much as I know you're avoiding for quality reasons).

I've pretty much just said **** it. My bro didn't take care of his really at all and that's why hes having so many problems with it. My dad also talked with some guy at work, who is like a computer fanatic on the side and also is a computer programmer on the side, and said it doesn't matter to much about the brand , its mostly about the Processor, and Graphics card.

I've pretty much just said **** it. My bro didn't take care of his really at all and that's why hes having so many problems with it. My dad also talked with some guy at work, who is like a computer fanatic on the side and also is a computer programmer on the side, and said it doesn't matter to much about the brand , its mostly about the Processor, and Graphics card.

Stay the hell away from the 6770M. You don't want 'switchable' graphics, you want a discrete (meaning its own card) solution. I have the same chip in my Envy 15 and the thing is a total POS. Doesn't even run basic games and there's no fan so it overheats quickly.

I'm actually thinking of buying these right now and have them for when I do have my comp, but I've heard great things about Patriot memory and with the promo code, it's $81 for 16GB (4x4GB) of DDR3-1600.

God ****ing damnit, why is it so hard to get a GTX 680? The 7970 didn't have this many shortages (if ever) and uses the same die size. I guess it's because everyone realizes that the 680 is at least as good, if not better than the 7970 yet cheaper?